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Jan 1, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/1/98

WHO'S WHO? IN SPRINGFIELD V7.1

An exhaustive list of literary, political, historical, television,
military, movie, musical, commercial, and cartoon allusions to
supporting characters in The Simpsons plus geographical
references to Simpsons creator Matt Groening's (MG) home town
Portland, Oregon.

This list was inspired by Deddi Shy's initial list
"Why are characters named the way they're named"
posted December 25, 1996.

Akira:
- Japanese "Akira" anime cartoon.
- Sulu as played by George Takei. {star trek:tos}

Amodopoulos, Aristotle:
- Aristotle "The Greek Tycoon" Onassis.

Bailey, Mary:
- Donna Reed's character from "It's A Wonderful Life".

Banner, Rex:
- Eliot Ness (Kevin Costner) "The Untouchables".
- pun on "ban" (prohibit, geddit?). {bt}
- Race Bannon, Dr. Quest's right-hand-man on "Johnny Quest". {bt}{nt}

Barlow, Birch:
- Rush Limbaugh, William F. Buckley. {kab}
- conservative John Birch Society. {bt}
- Oregon trailblazer Samuel Barlow.

Bellamy, June:
- June Foray, voice of Rocket J. Squirrel and many other cartoon
characters.

Bergstrom, Mr.:
- Dustin Hoffman's reprised roles from "The Graduate" et al.

Bleeding Gums Murphy:
- Clarence Clemons (sax player for Bruce Springsteen).
- Napoleon Muprhy Brock (sax player for Frank Zappa).

Bobbins, Shari:
- Mary Poppins.

Bobo:
- Spanish word for "clown".
- looks like Radar's teddy bear from M*A*S*H.

Bont, James:
- James Bond.

Bouvier, Jacqueline:
- Jackie Kennedy-Onassis (nee Bouvier).

Bouvier, Patty & Selma:
- Olympic gold medal winning track & field athlete who following
her death was found to be genitically a man from the autopsy.

Brockman, Kent:
- Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) "Mary Tyler Moore". {rd}
- amalgam of L.A. newscasters Kent Schocknek, Hal Fischman, Jerry
Dunphy, George Putnam. {agd} {gl} {ol} {ds2}
- but looks and acts like Dunphy.

Brodka, Don:
- Joe Cabot (Lawrence Tierney) "Reservoir Dogs".

Brunswick, Jacques:
- manufacturer of bowling equipment (not Canadian province). {nt}

Bumble-Bee Guy:
- Chespirito from Miami-based Univision tv network. {lisa}
- tv show "El Show de Luis De Alba". {lisa}
- John Belushi's snl "Killer Bee" sketch.

Burns, Larry:
- Rodney "no respect" Dangerfield as himself.

Burns, Monty:
- amalgam of tycoons Rupert Murdoch, Randolph Hearst, Scrooge,
Howard Hughes {t5}.
- Charles Foster Kane from "Citizen Kane". {mk}
- voice sounds like Ronald Reagan. {dt}
- in Springfield Illustrated #1, Simpsons producer David Silverman
says Mr. Burns is modeled after the preying mantis.

Capital City Goofball:
- amalgam San Diego Chicken, Expo Mascot, Phillie Phanatic. {kab}{ch}

Carvello, Lee:
- golfer Lee Trevino.
- video "Lee Trevino's Fighting Golf".

Cashmere, Princess:
- Gypsy Rose Lee.

Cesar, Ugolio:
- evil pheasants from "Jean de Florette" and "Manon des Sources".

Christian, Scott:
- Ted "Nightline" Koppel. {ol}

Cletus:
- redneck comedian Jeff Foxworthy.
- Jim Varney, aka "Ernest" in the movies. {jh}

Cobb, Sebastion:
- Dr. Strangelove.

Comic Book Store Guy:
- looks like Simpsons creator Matt Groening
(for more clues see how MG portrays himself in his "Life in Hell"
comic strip). {bv}
- looks like Simpsons writer John Swartzwelder.
- supposed to sound like animator Ralph Bakshi. {kurth}

Cowboy Bob:
- favorite cowboy from the comic strip "Dennis the Menace".

DiMaggio, Don Vittorio:
- Don Corrado Prizzi (William Hickey) "Prizzi's Honor".
- baseball legend Joe DiMaggio.
- Don Vito Corleone (Marlon Brando) "The Godfather". {to}

Disco Stu:
- John Travolta??!!
- sounds like the Fonz (Henry Winkler) "Happy Days".
- amalgam of the slogan "Disco Sucks" and
Rick Dee's hit song "Disco Duck".

Doris, Lunchlady:
- the late Doris Grau.

Flanders, Maude:
- Bea Arthur from "Maude"??!!
- Moll Flanders (Kim Novak) "Amourous Adventures of Moll Flanders".+

Flanders, Ned:
- Walter Finlay from "Maude".
- the religious and pious Pat Poone.

Freshemeyer, Pops:
- Pillsbury Poppin Fresh.

Frink, Prof. John:
- Jerry Lewis from "The Nutty Professor". {ig}
- Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.

Gabbo:
- wooden dummy from 1929 movie "The Great Gabbo".
- Howdy Doody (from who's show the term "kowabunga"
was popularized).
- nameless Fox TV executive. :-)

Gannon, Bill:
- Harry Morgan's reprised role from "Dragnet".

Gary, Doug, Benjamin, & Database:
- Dave Hall, Raymond Chen, Chris Baird, & Matthew Kurth. :-)

General Sherman:
- Civil War general.
- also the name of the largest living organism is the
General Sherman, and it is a giant sequoia. {jo}

Glumplich, Homer:
- Forrest Gump.

Grimes, Frank:
- While on a train ride in 1926, Chicago accountant Frank Grimes
conceives the idea of an alliance of independent grocers and
IGA is born.
- a reporter in Strange Universe. {k107}
- an actor in the movie "Waiting to Exhale".
- Felix Unger (Tony Randall/Jack Lemmon) "The Odd Couple".

Gumbel, Barney:
- Norm (George Wendt) "Cheers". {tc}
- journalist Bryant Gumbel??!!
(former host of the "Today" show on NBC who has since
moved on to CBS) {jh}
- Jim Ignatowski (Christopher Lloyd) "Taxi". {kab}
- Barney Rubbel from "The Flintstones". {mb}
- the winter 1993 issue of Simpsons Illustrated stated that
Barney got his name because he was born in a barn. {jh}
(but lives in a bar)

Hagstrom, Janey:
- brand of electric guitar used by the likes of Jimi Hendrix.

Hans & Fritz, Horst:
- H&F featured in the German cartoon "Katzenjammer Kids". {paper}
- Sergeant Schultz from "Hogan's Heroes".

Hapablap, Colonel:
- Lee Ermey from "Full Metal Jacket".
- George C. Scott from "Dr. Strangelove".

Happy Little Elves:
- Smurfs(tm), Seven Dwarves. {krusty}

Herman:
- German Luftwaffe Chief Hermann Goering??!!

Hibbert, Dr. Julias:
- Dr. Huxtable (Bill Cosby).
- reggae singer Frederick "Toots" Hibbert. (MG loves reggae)
- voice sounds like James Earl Jones. {hl}

Hodges, Buddy:
- Burt "Robin" Ward.

Holloway, Vice Supt.:
- Sterling Holloway, voice of Winnie the Pooh.

Hoover, Liz:
- "Miss Hoover" was the name of one of MG's grade school teachers.
{mk}

Hugo:
- Quasimodo from "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", classic novel by
Victor Hugo.

Hurlbut, Hollis:
- names of two Harvard Yard dorms.
- Homer Simpson (Donald Sutherland) "Day of the Locust". {lisa}

Hutz, Lionel:
- Sir Lionel Luckhoo, Q.C., the senior partner of Luckhoo & Luckhoo,
in Georgetown, Guyana, who succeeded in getting 245 successive
murder charge acquittals between 1940 and 1985 (which contrasts
with Hutz's career who "has never won a case"). The Guinness Book
of Records lists Luckhoo under the category "most successful
lawyer". {hutz}
- Corbin Bernsen from "L.A. Law".
- looks and sounds like Phil Hartman (who does his voice).
- secretary named after Della Street (Perry Mason's Secretary). {kab}
- alias "Dr. Noonian Van Falk" recalls the name of Data's
creator/father, "Dr. Noonian Soong". {star trek:tng}

Inanimate Carbon Rod:
- broomstick handle pilot Chuck Yeager used in "The Right Stuff".

Incognito, Guy:
- famous New Yorker magazine caricature.

Itchy & Scratchy:
- amalgam of cartoons "Tom & Jerry", "Herman the Cat" {seminar},
Krazy Kat {t5}, Squeak the Mouse, "Herman and Katnip" {kurth},
Mickey Mouse {krusty}.
- National Lampoon's "Kit n' Kaboodle". {krusty}
- Itchy Rat and Scratchy Brother from "The King Leonardo Show".
{krusty}

Jackson, Keith:
- is a real person; he's best known for announcing college
football games on ABC. {jh}

Jones, Jimbo:
- suicide cult leader Rev. Jim Jones.

Jub Jub:
- Jub Jub bird in Lewis Caroll's "Jabberwocky".

Kodos, Kang & Sarek the preparer:
- Star Trek characters Kodos the executioner, Klingon commander
Kang and Spock's father Sarek. {star trek:tos}
- invaders from Orson Welle's "War of the Worlds".

Kompowski, Leon:
- Michael Jasckson??!!
- fellow patient Chief looks like Will "Chewbecca" Sampson
from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".

Krabapple, Edna:
- Miss Crabtree from "The Little Rascals".

Krustofski, Rabbi Hyman:
- Lawrence Olivier "The Jazz Singer".

Krusty the Klown:
- amalgam of celebrities Johnny Carson, David Letterman, Jerry Lewis
{krusty}, Sid Caesar {t5}.
- amalgam of clowns Rusty Nails (MG childhood clown) {seminar}, Bozo
{krusty}, Ronald McDonald.
- cynical, world-weary, chain-smoking Flunky, the Late Night Viewer
Mail Clown from Letterman (NBC). {rd}
- Portland, Oregon children show host Ramblin' Rod. {krusty}
- National Lampoon's "Evil Clown Comics". {krusty}
- tv cable show "Crusty's Coop". {krusty}
- Krusty's first name, Herschel, is after Herschel Ostropoler,
the 18th-century Russian-Jewish folk jester. {ds}
- Washington clown J.P. Patches (where MG lived a few years) who
had similar sideshows (Sideshow Mel, Corporal Punishment, etc.),
smoking problem, etc. {rj}

Laddie:
- Lassie.

Lampwick, Chester:
- Superman creators Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster.
- Lampwick is name of Pinnochio character.
- "Felix the Cat" creator Otto Messmer. {mk}

Largo, Dewey:
- a slow musical tempo. {ds} {ct}
- Disney's Hewey, Dewey & Lewey.

Lavelle, Stacy:
- late reclusive millionaire heiress Barbara Hutton.
- Vietnam activist Jane Fonda.

Leopold:
- famous conductor Leopold Stokowski.

Lovejoy, Jessica:
- looks like Uma Thurman from "Pulp Fiction".

Luigi:
- looks like character from Super Mario Brothers video game.

Lumpkin, Lurleen:
- amalgam of c&w singers Loretta Lynn and Tammy Wynette.

M!pa:
- N!xau, name of bushman from South African film "The Gods Must Be
Crazy", where "!" is an untranslatable click (hear how Lisa
(Yeardley Smith) pronounces it in "Bart The Lover").

MacGarnicle:
- Clint "Dirty Harry" Eastwood.
- MacGyver. {bh}

Malibu Stacey:
- Barbie Doll(tm).

Malloy:
- Raffles Molloy (David Niven) "The Pink Panther".

Mann, Otto:
- Jeff Spicoli (Sean Penn) "Fast Times at Ridgemont High"
(both like to use the word "gnarley").
- looks like Simpsons producer David Silverman.
- 1970s throwback Howard Stern.
- pun on "auto man". {ds}
- the "ottoman" (or couch) which Dick Van Dyke steps around/trips over
in the beginning of "The Dick Van Dyke Show". {to}
(possibly an inspiration for today's couch scenes on the Simpsons)
- the Ottoman empire??!!

Marley, Jack:
- reggae singer Bob Marley.

McAllister, Captain:
- British Admiral Horatio Nelson.
- naval literary character Horatio Hornblower. {ct}
- Fort McAllister is a fort that resisted naval bombardments by the
first monitor-type vessels.
- Long John Silver (Wayne Newton) "Treasure Island". {kab}
- disgraced Exon Valdez Captain John Hazelwood.
- Captain McAllister (Carleton Young) "Flying Leathernecks".+

McClure, Troy:
- amalgam of actors Troy Donohue & Doug McClure.
- but looks like Doug McClure "The Land That Time Forgot".

McFadden, Ranger:
- Dr. Gates McFadden??!!. {star trek:tng}

McGriff:
- McGruff the crime dog.
- baseball player Fred McGriff, whose nickname is "The
Crime Dog". {jh}

Menthol Moose:
- Joe Camel (from Camel Cigarettes).

Meyers, Roger Jr.:
- Disney CEO Mike Eisner.

Meyers, Roger Sr.:
- the late Walt Disney.

Moleman, Hans:
- 1956 sci-fi movie "The Mole People".
- Mr. Magoo cartoon.

Monroe, Dr. Marvin:
- Dr. Sigmund Freud.

Montegna, Joe:
- Don Corelone (Marlon Brando) "The Godfather".
- James Conway (Robert De Niro) "Goodfellas".
- partner Louie sounds like Joe Pesci.

Montenegro, Delores:
- Delores Del Rio (actress, mistress of Orson Welles). {kab}

Murdoch, Captain Lance:
- daredevil Evel Knievel.
- Fox owner Rupert Murdoch.

Nahasapeemapetilon, Apu:
- main character from Satiyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" (both are Bengali)
(a favorite MG movie).

Oinksalot, Sir:
- Sir Lancelot from "Monty Python and the Holy Grail". [?]
- famous knight Sir Lancelot from King Arthur legend. {to}
- ill-fated horse in "Animal House".
- Arnold the pig "Green Acres".

Opal, Princess:
- Solitaire (Jane Seymour) "Live And Let Die".
- alleged tabloid phsychic Jean Dixon.

O'Toole, Timmy:
- character from Irish folktale "Tim O'Toole and the Wee Folk".
- Jessica McClure (no relation to Troy) who fell down well.

Ozmodiar:
- the Great Gazoo(tm) from "The Flintstones".
- Wizard Of Oz.

Parker, MacArthur:
- Elvis manager Colonel Tom Parker. {kab}
- MacArthur Park (place in LA, song performed by Richard Harris).
{kab}

Parkfield, Hugh:
- Oliver Barrett IV (Ryan O'Neal) "Love Story".
- looks like Hugh Grant "Four Weddings And A Funeral".

Pennycandy, Lois:
- Miss Moneypenny from the James Bond novels/movies. {kab}
- actress Lois Maxwell who played her.

Poochie:
- 1980s cartoon "Poochie the Dog". Poochie was a girls' toy that was
made into a cartoon to market it. {dm}
- Mattel made that toy, BTW. {jh}

Powell, Herbert:
- Danny DeVito's reprised role from "Twins".
- Jeff Bridges from "Tucker".

Powers, Ruth:
- Louise (Susan Sarandon) "Thelma & Louise". {kab}

Prince, Martin:
- the artist formerly known as Prince.

Quimby, Mayor Diamond Joe:
- Ted/John/Robert Kennedy.
- Diamond Jim Brady, mayor of New York before WWI. {kab}
- wife looks like Jackie Kennedy.

Quimby, Freddy:
- William Kennedy Smith (acquitted). {kab}

Radioactive Man:
- amalgam of Batman, Superman, Spiderman, etc.
- Fallout Boy similar to Robin.

Richter, Dirk:
- Adam "Batman" West.

Riviera, Dr. Nick:
- voice was intended to sound like Ricky Ricardo (Desi Arnaz), but
the animators thought he sounded like head Simpsons animator
Gabor Csupo, so he was drawn to look like Gabor. {kurth}
- talkshow host Geraldo Riviera??!!
- Elvis's personal physician George Constantine Nichopoulos who was
affectionately referred to by The King as "Dr. Nick". Dr. Nick's
main purpose during his tenure when Elvis was fat (a la "King Size
Homer") was to provide as many shots of powerful prescription drugs
as often as his boss wanted, and possibly to provide the
occasional twinkie.+ {pm}

Roman, Mr.:
- head Simpsons animator Phil Roman.
- Matt Groening in his early days as a ghostwriting biographer
for an unnamed celebrity.

Roy:
- misheard "We like Roy" slogan.
- Jack Tripper (John Ritter) "Three's Company".
- Fonz (Henry Winkler) "Happy Days" (or son Chuck).

Scorpio, Hank:
- any James Bond villain, specifically Auric Goldfinger. {to}
- Microsoft CEO Bill Gates.

Seven Duffs:
- Disney's Seven Dwarfs.

Shoshanna:
- Jerry Seinfeld's real-life former girlfriend Shoshanna Lonstein.

Simmons, Bea:
- Bea is an anagram of Abe.
- Simmons sounds like Simpson. (well, d'uh!)

Simmons, Mindy:
- Mindy (Pam Dawber) "Mork and Mindy".
- song "Mandy" by Barry Manilow.

Simpson, Mona:
- Katherine Ann Power (hippy fugitive). {kab}
- name of wife of Simpsons writer Richard Appel
(who wrote "Mother Simpson").

Sinclair, Llewelyn:
- Bob Fossey "All That Jazz".

Skinner, Principal Seymour:
- educator B.F. Skinner.
- nickname "Spanky" is from "The Little Rascals".
- was like James Dean during his youth in "Seymour Buttes" episode.
- Captain Willard (Martin Sheen) "Apocalypse Now".
- Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins) "Psycho".

Smithers, Waylon:
- Leonard Smithers, publisher and printer of gay books during
Victorian era, including some by Oscar Wilde.
- Waylon and Madame puppet show. {ct}
- c&w singer Waylon Jennings??!!
- character named Smithers from the movie "Desk Set" (with Catherine
Hepburn & Spencer Tracey). There is a character in it that looks
just like Smithers who is always listening at key holes and passing
on rumors. He wears similar glasses and, although not the right hand
man to the companies president, he has that sniveling characteristic
that Simpsons' Smithers has. {pb}
- Smithers is the name of Veronica's butler in Archie Comics.+ {vm}

Smooth Jimmy Apollo:
- Jimmy the Greek. {kab}

Snake:
- Charles Manson (both have a X tatoo on their forehead). {hm}
- Snake Plisskin (Kurt Russell) "Escape from New York". {bk}
- Mel "Mad Max" Gibson.

Snyder, Judge:
- looks like Ronald Reagan's unsuccessful Supreme Court nominee
Robert Bork.

Sparkle, Mr.:
- Mr. Clean detergent.
- glass cleaner called Sparkle, made in Elgin, Illinois. {mk}

Spielbergo, Senor:
- director Steven Spielberg. (well, duh!)

Springfield, Jebediah:
- Oregon trailblazer Samuel Barlow.
- Northern Californian frontiersman Jebediah Smith.
- Oregon Pioneer Eugene Skinner.
- American frontiersman Daniel Boone.
- Texas hero Davy Crockett (the coonskin hat is from the Disney
television show).
- statue looks like "The Pioneer" at the University of Oregon,
Eugene, OR.

Superdude (gerbil):
- Warholian underground New York rocker.

Sweet, Lucius:
- Don King. {kab}
- pun on "luscious sweet".

Szyslak, Moe:
- Moe from "The Three Stooges".
- late actor Burgess Meredith. [?] (see "The Homer They Fall")
- last names sounds Polish.
- waitress looks like Diane Chambers (Shelly Long) "Cheers".

Wadlow:
- world's tallest man Robert Waslow listed in Guinness
(8 feet, 11.1 inches).
- basketball star Michael Jordan who in his early days drove a
Volkswagon by removing the front seat and driving literally
from the back seat.

Tamzarian, Armin:
- name sounds Armenian.
- Sergeant Skinner brings to mind the medieval legend and
movie (Gerald Depardieu) "Return of Martin Guerre"
and to a lesser extant (Richard Gere) "Somersby". {kab}
- U.S. industrialist Armand Hammer. {br}
- baking soda Arm & Hammer??!!

Tatum, Drederick:
- Mike Tyson. {dt}
- Frederick Tatum. {ct}

Terwilliger, Sideshow Bob:
- ex-con (Robert Michum/Robert De Niro) "Cape Fear".

Terwilliger, Sideshow Cecil:
- David Hyde Pierce as Niles from "Frasier".

Uter: Augustus Gloop from "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory".
{ry}

Van Houten, Kirk:
- Captain James T. Kirk??!! {star trek:tos}

Van Houten, Milhouse:
- President Richard Milhous Nixon. {ds}
- Kelly Van Houten (convicted Mansonite). {tm}
- dorky kid (Paul Pfeiffer) from "The Wonder Years". {jh}

Vlaclav, Crazy:
- Russian comedian Yakov Smirnof.

Wadlow:
- world's tallest men Robert Walow in Guinness.

Wall E. Weasel:
- Chuck E. Cheese. {kab}
- Wile E. Coyote.

Wiggum, Chief Clancy:
- actor Edward G. Robinson. {t5} (see "Bart Gets an Elephant")

Wiggum, Ralph:
- Charlie Brown. {my}

Willie, Groundskeeper:
- cook from "Wagon Train".[?]
- similar to Scot in Bugs Bunny cartoon.
- engineer Scotty. {bt} {star trek:tos}

Withespon, Miss:
- Barbara Woodhouse in British training program "Training Dogs the
Woodhouse Way".

Witherspoon, Blind Willy:
- jazz singer Jimmy Witherspoon (1923-1997).

Wolfecastle, Rainier:
- Arnold Schwartzenegger. (well, d'uh!)
- McBain: 1991 action movie of the same name.
- wife Maria looks like Maria Shriver.
- Wolfecastle's arch-nemesis Senator Mendoza is like El Presidente
from McBain movie.
- John MacLean (Bruce Willis) "Die Hard".

Xoxchitla:
- Brazilian singer Xuxa ("SHOO-sha").

Zweig:
- Wood Allen phsyco-comedy "Zelig".

In Northern British Columbia, Canada, there is an area of the
province called "Bulkley Valley-Lakes District", though it also
goes under the name "Burns Lake/Smithers" (after the two
neighboring cities Burns Lake and Smithers). {kb}
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THE PORTLAND, OREGON CONNECTION(tm) {streets}

NOTE: Matt Groening (MG) grew up in Portland, Oregon. {where}

Admiral:
- street in SW Portland. [dreaded rear admiral(tm)]

Arnold:
- street in SW Portland. [corrupt politician Bob Arnold]

Asa:
- Portland founder Asa Lovejoy. [Mrs. Glicks' deceased brother,
Flying Hellfish Asa Phelps]

Ash:
- street in S Portland. [babysitter Ashley Grant]

Bancroft:
- street in SW Portland. [Burns' unrequited love Mimsy Bancroft]

Barlow:
- Oregon trailblazer Samuel Barlow. [commentator Birch Barlow]
- Barlow road/trail/toll-booth.
- Sam Barlow High School in Gresham (near Portland).
- city in Oregon.
NOTE: in an old Gunsmoke episode there's talk of a wagon train
going to Springfield.

Buddington:
- street in SW Portland. [Buddy "Fallout Boy" Hodges]

Burns:
- city in SE Oregon. {ds} [Monty Burns]
- but FAR away from Portland. {av}

Burnside:
- street in Portland that used to separate the good and bad sections
of town. [Burns, Bumtown]
- Lincoln High School (where MG went) is at 18th and W Burnside. {av}
- most of the area north of there is industrial; only near the river
are there bad parts north of there. The area is gentrifying
rapidly, though. {av}
- Civil War Union General Ambrose Burnside (but not from Oregon).
Re-enacted by Homer from "Shari Bobbins".

Cecelia:
- street in NE Portland. [Sideshow Cecil, genius student Cecile
Shapiro]

Clay:
- street in SE Portland. [Cletus]

Dolph:
- street in SW Portland. [bully]
- junction on highway to Salem, OR.
- Dolph, Joseph Norton (1835-1897). Oregon Senator 1883-95.

Ellis:
- street in SE Portland. [bill collector Chuck Ellis]

Eugene:
- street in NE Portland. [Homer's assistant turned supervisor
Eugene Fiske]
- city close to Springfield, OR.

Evelyn:
- street in SW Portland. [Marge's former high school acquaintance]

Evergreen:
- street in SE Portland where MG grew up as a boy.
[742 Evergreen Terrace] {lisa}
- MG's alma mater, The Evergreen State College in Olympia,
Washington. {da}

Fiske:
- street in N Portland. [Eugene Fiske]

Flanders:
- street in Portland. {ds}
- Northeast Flanders St. where the signs say "NE Flanders St."
Some people have vandalized them to say "NED Flanders St." {av}
- Flanders St. passes near the Westside Portland neighborhood where
MG lived. {av}

Grant:
- street in S Portland. [babysitter Ashley Grant]

Hodge:
- street in N Portland. [Buddy "Fallout Boy" Hodges]

Holman:
- street in NE Portland. [Hans Moleman]
- Holman, Rufus Cecil (1877-1959). Oregon Senator, 1939-45.
[Sideshow Cecil]

Hurst:
- street in N Portland. [German SNPP owner Horst]

Jackson:
- street in SW Portland. [play-by-play announcer Keith Jackson]

Jasper:
- Jasper road near Springfield, OR.
- Jasper National Park (British Columbia, Canada).

Kearney:
- street in NW Portland. [bully] {mj}

Laramie:
- Fort Laramie, fort which many pioneers passed through on their way
to Oregon. [Laramie Cigarettes]

Lombard:
- street in NE Portland. [art teacher Professor Lombardo]

Lovejoy:
- One of two founders of Portland, A.J. Lovejoy and the other is
Francis Pettygrove. Each laid 16 blocks of the townsite. Each
wanted to name it after his hometown in the East. So they flipped a
coin to decide. Pettygrove was from Portland, Maine while Lovejoy
was from Boston, Massachusetts. Guess who won? [Rev. Lovejoy]
- street in NW Portland.
- also a Portland park.
- Lovejoy St. passes near the Westside Portland neighborhood where
MG lived. {av}

Lucille:
- street in SW Portland. [babysitter bandit Lucille Botzcowski]

Martins:
- street in SE Portland. [Martin Prince]

Milton:
- street in NE Portland. [name Bart accidently calls Martin in
"Bart On The Road"] {mj}

Monroe:
- city in Oregon. [Dr. Marvin Monroe]
- street in NE Portland (probably named after James Monroe). {av}

Montgomery:
- street in SW Portland. [Monty Burns]
- Mary Anne Phelps Montgomery (1846-1942).
[Asa Phelps, Mother Burns]
- she founded the Multnomah Chapter which started the The Oregon
State Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Portland.
- daughter of governor John S. Phelps, of Springfield, Missouri.
- her friendship with Ulysses S. Grant is analogous to Burns'
mother's affair with President Taft.

Morgan:
- street in NE Portland. [Grampa said Shelbyville used to be called
Morganville]

Muntz:
- franchised television outlet in Portland during the 1960s.
[Nelson Muntz]

Powell:
- Powell Bld. is a major commercial street in SE Portland.
[Homer's brother Herb] (Powell's is also a huge bookstore
in Portland as well) {av}

Powers:
- street in NE Portland. [neighbors Ruth, Laura Powers]

Quimby:
- Ramona Quimby is the beloved young heroine of Beverly Cleary's
whimsical books about growing up in NE Portland. There's a statue
of Ramona in a park in the Alberta Terrace section of Portland,
where Cleary lived. {av} [Mayor Quimby]
- also a street, but in NW Portland. {av}

Rainier:
- city in Oregon south of Portland. [McBain]
- location of Trojan Nuclear Power Plant (closed 1993) owned by
Portland General Electric. [SNPP]
- also a mountain in Washington.

Ramona: -
- Ramona Quimby character from Beverly Cleary's books. [Homer's mother
Mona]
- street in SE Portland.

Rex:
- street in SE Portland. [prohibition cop Rex Banner]

Seymour:
- street in SW Portland. [Seymour Skinner]

Sherman:
- street in SE Portland. [catfish General Sherman]

Simpson:
- street in NE Portland. [well, d'uh!]

Skinner:
- pioneer Eugene Skinner founded Eugene, OR in 1853. There is also a
mountain nearby named after him called "Skinner's Butte"
(pronounced "beaut"). In "Bart's Comet", Bart put a sign on the
Skinner balloon reading "HI! I'M BIG BUTT SKINNER".
(Seymour Butts, geddit?) {cg} [Seymour Skinner, Eugene Fiske]

Springfield:
- city in S Oregon. {where}{lisa}

St. Helens:
- Washington volcano Mt. St. Helens (North of Portland). [Helen
Lovejoy]
- road in Portland.
- city in Oregon.
- on a clear day Mt. St. Helens's can be seen from Portland. {mj}

Stanton:
- street in NE Portland. [fake name "Bert Stanton" Bart gave in
"Bart vs. Australia"] {mj}

Swift:
- street in NE Portland. [genius student Sidney Swift]

Taylor:
- street in SW Portland. [Lisa's new classmate Allison Taylor]

Terry:
- street in NE Portland. [Sherry & Terry twins]

Terwilliger:
- boulevard in SW Portland. [Sideshow Bob]
- L.L. Terwilliger, the first principal of a public school in
Portland; the school was at 6th and SE Morrison, which is where
Pioneer Courthouse Square is today. {av}

Thompson:
- street in NE Portland. [Simpsons' new name from "Cape Feare" under
witness protection program] {mj}

Troy:
- street in SW Portland. [Troy McClure]

Van Houten:
- street in N Portland. [Milhouse]

Wayland:
- street in N Portland. [W. Smithers]

Wilson:
- street in NW Portland. [political candidate Wilson DeFarge,
Groundskeeker Willie??!!]
-------------------------
Homer, Margaret, Abe, Patty, Selma, Lisa, Maggie, Wiggum are various
names in Matt Groening's family. However, Bart is an anagram for
"brat". {lisa}

Homer, Abraham, Bart and Chester Lampwick's middle intial `J' is a
tribute to Rocky & Bullwinkle (Rocket J. Squirrel and Bullwinkle
J. Moose), whose initials were in honor of their creator, Jay Ward.
{lisa}

Matt Groening revealed in Bongo comics before the "Two Bad
Neighbors" episode aired that Bart was modeled after the
"Dennis the Menace" comic strip.

CONTRIBUTORS:
{agd} antonio greaney delgado, {av} aaron varhola (who lived on NED
Flanders St.), {bh} ben fabry, {bk} bretskey, {br} benjamin robinson,
{bv} borgendum vitus, {ch} chris hopp, {cg} craig giffen, {da} dale
g abersold, {ds} deddi shy, {ds2} dave sikula, {dt} dtrain3434, {dm}
donaldma, {gl} george loo, {hl} hungwen li, {hm} h mckenzie, {ig}
igilmour, {k107} kevman107#aol.com, {jh} jason hancock, {jo}
jonkeria, {kab} kevin a bowman, {kb} keith bailey, {mb} mike bunger,
{mj} margaret h jones, {mk} matthew kurth, {my} matt yorston, {ol}
ondre lombard, {nt} nat gertler, {pb} paul bocchini, {pm} phil
mccarthy, {rd} rick diamant, {rj} ryan johnson, {ry} rydain, {sw}
stevew, {t5} tim566, {ts} thomas collins, {tm} terrence marks, {to}
twisted one, {vm} viiiimucho.

Legend:
+ new (WOO HOO!)
^ correction (D'OH!)
? questionable, can somebody elaborate on this?
??!! very questionable
:-) just kidding

BenC100

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Jan 3, 1998, 3:00:00 AM1/3/98

Haynes Lee wrote:

> Quimby, Freddy:
> - William Kennedy Smith (acquitted). {kab}

It seems like syndicated episodes are aired at the most bitterly coincidential
times, like "Kamp Krusty" (with a Princess Diana reference) just before Diana's
death, and now "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" (FULL of Kennedy references) the DAY
AFTER the death of Michael Kennedy.
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